SKID

I. noun see: ski Date: circa 1610 one of a group of objects (as planks or logs) used to support or elevate a structure or object, a wooden fender hung over a ship's side to protect it in handling cargo, a usually iron shoe or clog attached to a chain and placed under a wheel to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill ; drag , a timber, bar, rail, pole, or log used in pairs or sets to form a slideway (as for an incline from a truck to the sidewalk), the act of ~ding ; slip , sideslip , a runner used as a member of the landing gear of an airplane or helicopter, 7. a route to defeat or downfall , a losing streak , a low platform mounted (as on wheels) on which material is set for handling and moving, ~proof adjective II. verb (~ded; ~ding) Date: 1674 transitive verb to apply a brake or ~ to ; slow or halt by a ~, 2. to haul (as logs) by dragging , to haul along, slide, hoist, or store on ~s, intransitive verb to slide without rotating (as a wheel held from turning while a vehicle moves onward), 2. to fail to grip the roadway, to slide sideways away from the center of curvature when turning, slide , slip , to fall rapidly, steeply, or far